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ShortHand: Eric Gill - British Art’s Darkest Secret

ShortHand: Eric Gill - British Art’s Darkest Secret

RedHanded
Sep 29, 2026 29 min
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<div> <p>From the BBC and Westminster Cathedral to Penguin paperbacks, typeface creator Eric Gill was once lauded as the eccentric genius behind some of Britain’s most iconic visual landmarks. But behind the scenes, he was also a sex-mad monster who shamelessly abused<em> </em>his own daughters<em> </em>within the rural Catholic artisanal communes where he lived and worked…</p><p><em>And the art world covered it all up for decades. </em></p><p>TL;DR – Did you know one of the UK’s most celebrated sculptors and graphic designers was actually a notorious nonce? Neither did we.</p><p>--</p><p><a href="http://patreon.com/redhanded">Patreon</a> - Ad-free &amp; Bonus Episodes<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7dovjXDB69lhDjASbAgnwA">YouTube</a> - Full-length Video Episodes<br><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@redhandedthepod">TikTok</a> / <a href="https://www.instagram.com/redhandedthepod/">Instagram</a></p></div>

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